An uncle had told us that while in Kuala Lumpur we must visit the Menara Tower. We did it mainly for the views, but were nicely surprised with everything else we discovered.
From Madero Street, you can see this side of the Latin-American Tower, Torre Latinoamericana. Les than 100 yards away, a colonial church tower stands too.
From Eje Central, we see the Torre Lationamericana, almost all of the 44 floors.
Landmark television transmitter atop Twin Peaks in San Francisco. Naturally, there's no public access to the tower itself, but the hilltops are easily accessible by car and afford unparalleled views of The City.
Hot chocolate, rowboats, strobe lights: a young Californian's weekend in Paris.
Somewhere beneath the St. Ann’s Fort is a vaulted area housing some of the oldest cannons in the world.
Burana Tower, located about an hour east of Bishkek near the city of Tokmok, is all that remains of the ancient city of Balasagyn, once the thriving capital of the Karakhanid Empire. Apparently, at its height, the city manufactured exquisite glass and ceramics, had an elaborate city-wide irrigation/plumbing/sewer system built with fired-clay pipes, was home to scholars, poets and numerous religions (although in its later years it became a Muslim city), it was home to fierce warriors – male and female – and it was a major stop on one of the Silk Road routes (from the Torugart Pass out of China, past Lake Issyk-Kul through what is now Bishkek before heading further westward.
Renaissance Tower, located at 1201 Elm Street in downtown Dallas, Texas is a 56-story modern-styled skyscraper. It is the second tallest skyscraper in Dallas.
Coit Tower stands atop Telegraph Hill in San Francisco's Pioneer Park, and offers fantastic views of San Francisco including the Golden Gate Bridge, the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park ("Aquatic Park"), Alcatraz, Pier 39, Angel Island, Treasure Island, the Bay Bridge, Russian Hill, the Financial District, Lombard Street, and Nob Hill.